Nov.1,2015/Lesson/38

Question 1

mirth

Answer 1

n. merriment; laughter (jollity, levity, gaiety)

Question 2

aesthetic

Answer 2

adj. relating to beauty or a theory of beauty

Question 3

satire

Answer 3

n. a mocking literary or dramatic work (burlesque, parody, lampoon, travesty, spoof)

Question 4

curator

Answer 4

n. the individual in charge of a museum

Question 5

witticism

Answer 5

n. a clever or funny remark (epigram, bon mot, quip, badimage)

Question 6

jocular

Answer 6

adj. done in a joking way (facetious, waggish, salty)

Question 7

malapropism

Answer 7

n. the outrageous misuse of a word (misusage, solecism, catachresis)

Question 8

levity

Answer 8

n. a lack of seriousness (frivolity, flippancy)

Question 9

bard

Answer 9

n. a skilled poet (sonneteer, versifier)

Question 10

parody

Answer 10

n. a spoof (burlesque, lampoon, travesty, satire)

Question 11

epic

Answer 11

n. a lengthy poem that celebrates the life of a hero

Question 12

aesthete

Answer 12

n. a person interested in the pursuit of beauty

Question 13

dilettante

Answer 13

n. one who dabbles in an art (amateur)

Question 14

lampoon

Answer 14

v. to make fun of (satirize, mock, parody)