Laugh it off! Vocabulary practice for units 17 and 20
Across
- 1. A joke, especially one introduced into a script or an actor's part
- 5. A feeling of exultant joy or pride; high spirits
- 9. The climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect
- 12. A feeling of intense joy, happiness or passion
- 13. A feeling of well-being and great happiness
- 14. Remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what you say, in order to hurt someone's feelings or to humorously criticize something
- 15. A clever or witty remark or comment
- 17. Extremely funny
- 19. Conversation that is funny and not serious
- 20. Gladness and merriment, especially when expressed by laughter
Down
- 2. Great happiness or delight
- 3. The ability to make lively, clever remarks in a sharp, amusing way
- 4. Given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful
- 6. An indirect remark, gesture, or reference, usually implying something derogatory; insinuation
- 7. A loud, unrestrained burst of laughter
- 8. Comedy characterized by boisterous action, such as the throwing of pies in faces and obvious farcical situations and jokes
- 10. up To burst out laughing
- 11. Marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless
- 16. Joy and gladness, or anything that is comforting
- 18. interesting, strange, or funny because of being very different from what you would usually expect