Vocaballsuary 11-13 BBENES!!!
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- heterogeneous
- consisting of many diff. elements or types; varied
- witticism
- a clever remark or saying
- nuance
- a subtle or slight degree in difference
- droll
- amusingly odd
- antithesis
- a) the direct or exact opposite b) a figure of speech in which contrasitng ideas are placed side by side in parallel phrases
- autocratic
- ruling with unlimited power or authority
- feudal
- relating to a system in which people were givien protection and the use of land, in return, for their loyalty, payments, and services to a lord
- whimsical
- playful or unpredictable
- autonomy
- independence; self-determination or self-governance
- tantamount
- equivalent in signifigance, effect, or value
- totalitarian
- relating to a form of government with absolute and centralized contol over every aspect of people's lives
- facetious
- playfully joking; humorous; not meant to be taken seriously
- hilarity
- great merriment; extreme amusement
- commensurate
- corresponding in size or degree; proportinate
- homogeneous
- similar in kinds or nature; uniform
- analogy
- a comparison highlighting a similarity between otherwise dissimilar things
- sovereign
- a) self-governing; independent b) having supreme rank or power c) a king, queen, or other noble person who serves as head of a state; a ruler or
- caste
- a social class speperated from others by profession, wealth, or hereditary rank
- flippant
- humorous in a disrespectful, casual way; rudely witty
- mirth
- good spirits; happiness and merriment, especially as expressed by laughter
- oligarchy
- a) government by a few, especially by a small faction of people or families b) a state governed by a few people or families
- banter
- to converse in a playful or teasing way; and exchange of good-humored, playful remarks
- hegemony
- dominance, especially, that of a country region or group over others
- usurp
- a) to take and hold power or rights by force and without legal authority b) to take the place or occupy without right
- disparity
- the condition of fact of being unequal or different; inequality
- ludicrous
- ridiculously, laughably absurd
- deviate
- to depart or turn aside frrom a path, direction, or course of action
- congruence
- agreement, harmony, or correspondance
- despot
- a) a ruler with aboslute power b) a person who wields power
- caricature
- A. a representation in which distinctive traits are exagerated or distorted for comic effect B. To represent or imitate in an exagerated or distorted manner