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  • 41farce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. buffoonery, burlesque, travesty; mockery, fiasco. See wit, drama. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Broad comedy] Syn. travesty, burlesque, low comedy, slapstick; see comedy , parody . 2. [Something absurd or… …

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  • 42parody — parodiable, adj. /par euh dee/, n., pl. parodies, v., parodied, parodying. n. 1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet s soliloquy. 2. the genre of literary composition… …

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  • 43caricature — n Caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty are comparable as nouns meaning a grotesque or bizarre imitation of something and as verbs meaning to make such an imitation. Caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration or distortion (often pictorial) of… …

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  • 44St. Thomas Aquinas Preparatory Seminary — was a Catholic high school seminary located in Hannibal, Missouri in the Diocese of Jefferson City. Its doors opened in 1957, and since 1970 half of the priests ordained for the Diocese of Jefferson City have been alumni of St. Thomas. [Pio… …

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  • 45Шестой элемент (фильм) — Шестой элемент 2001: A Space Travesty Постер фильма Жанр фантастика комедия Режиссёр Аллан А. Голдштейн Продюсе …

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  • 46burlesque — burlesquely, adv. burlesquer, n. /beuhr lesk /, n., adj., v., burlesqued, burlesquing. n. 1. an artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock… …

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  • 47Шестой элемент — 2001: A Space Travesty …

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  • 48burlesque — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. farce, parody; comedy, buffoonery. v. t. satirize, parody, mimic, caricature. See imitation, ridicule, drama. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Anything intending to mock] Syn. parody, travesty, caricature,… …

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  • 49caricature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. burlesque, travesty; sketch. v. t. satirize, take off, distort. See ridicule, imitation, exaggeration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burlesque, exaggeration, cartoon; see parody , ridicule . See Synonym… …

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  • 50ridicule — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Derision Nouns 1. ridicule, derision, scoffing, mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage. See contempt. 2. parody, burlesque, travesty, farce, caricature, camp; buffoonery,… …

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