Vocab 28-30

a sudden overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group

• enthusiastic vigor and liveliness; zest
• style; flair

• the liberty to enter; admittance
• the main course of a meal

a common feeling of devotion to a cause among the members of a group; team; spirit; comradeship

• an economic doctrine that opposes governmental regulation of commerce beyond the minimum necessary for a free-enterprise system to operate according to its own economic laws
• noninteference in the affairs of others

• a person who has recently become rich, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth
• referring to the actions of such a person

• superior; outstanding; of the highest degree
• outstandingly

• a combination of diverse elements; medley
• a mixture of dried flower petals and spices kept in a jar and used to scent the air

the ability to say and do the appropriate thing in any situation; tact

• a private conversation between two people
• together without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy

• concerned with designs or shapes that do not represent any recognizable person or thing
• considered apart from concrete existance
• theoretical rather than practical

• of or pertaining to the sense of the beautiful
• having the love of beauty
• artistic
• of or pertaining to the criticism or taste

• a group, as of writers and artists, who are the leaders in inventing unconventional styles and new techniques in a given field
• of or exhibiting new or advanced ideas, as in the arts; ultramodern

• choosing what appears to be the best from diverse sources, systems, or styles
• consisting of elements taken from diverse sources

• characterized by ludicrous or incongrous distortion
• extravagant; outlandishl bizarre

lacking in freshness because of overuse; trite

• the technique of representing objects on a flat surface so that they have a three-dimentional quality
• a view or vista
• point of view; one's manner of viewing things
• a mental view of the relationships of the aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole

of or pertaining to realistic graphic portrayal in art; lifelike

• of or pertaining to the twentieth-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconcious by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter
• characterized by unusual and unexpected arrangements and distortions of images
• having an oddly dreamlike or unreal quality

the quality of appearing to be true or real; likelihood

• a clown; jester
• a person given to making undignified or rude jokes

• a comic play in which exaggerations and improbabilities of ploy and characterization are used for humorous effect
• humor typical of a farce

• the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; an expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between the apparent and the intended meanings
• incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

• given to or characterized by joking; fun-loving
• meant in jest; facetious

• a broad comic piece that uses ridicule to attack a person, group, or institution
• a light, good-natured criticism
• to ridicule or criticize

a light manner or attitude, especially when inappropriate; frivolity; flippancy

• a comic imitation of a person, literary work, or style that exaggerates the characteristics of the original to make it seem ridiculous
• a performance so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery

good-natured teasing; banter

• to delight or entertain; give pleasure to
• to entertain lavishly with food and drink; provide a feast for

of, relating to, or characterized by a sarcastic, mocking, or witty attack on human vice or folly, sometimes with the intent to bring about improvement