11629168636 | Banter | playful teasing; joking; raillery | 0 | |
11629171629 | Caricature | drawing, imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities or defects | 1 | |
11629174224 | Droll | odd and laughter-provoking | 2 | |
11629178638 | Facetious | 1. in the habit of joking 2. said in jest without serious intent | 3 | |
11629181577 | Flippant | treating serious matters lightly | 4 | |
11629184289 | Harlequin | buffoon; clown | 5 | |
11629184290 | Hilarious | boisterously merry; very funny | 6 | |
11629188344 | Hilarity | noisy gaiety; mirth; jollity; glee | 7 | |
11629192304 | Ironic (or ironical) | containing or expressing irony | 8 | |
11629197428 | Irony | 1. species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the words used 2. state of affairs contrary to what would normally be expected | 9 | |
11629201098 | Jocose | given to jesting; playfully humorous; jocular | 10 | |
11629203752 | Levity | lack of proper seriousness; trifling gaiety; frivolity | 11 | |
11629211020 | Ludicrous | exciting laughter; ridiculous; farcical; absurd | 12 | |
11629213838 | Parody | humorous imitation | 13 | |
11629216484 | Sarcasm | sneering and often ironic language intended to hurt a person's feelings | 14 | |
11629218978 | Sarcastic | given to or expressing sarcasm | 15 | |
11629224252 | Sardonic | bitterly sarcastic; mocking; sneering | 16 | |
11629227169 | Satire | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule | 17 | |
11629232501 | Satiric (or satirical) | given to or expressing satire | 18 | |
11629232502 | Travesty | imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery | 19 |
AP Literature Chapter 14 - Jest Flashcards
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