| Term | Definition |
|---|
| chortle | chuckle with delight |
| facetious | humorus, funny |
| flippant | playful; not serious |
| gibe | funny, laugh at with contempt and derision |
| ludicrous | laughable; droll; absurd |
| raillery | light teasing repartee |
| riposte | a quick and effective reply by word or act. |
| simper | to smirk; a silly smile |
| hiatus | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
| interregnum | the interval between two reigns; also, any breach of continuity in an order |
| lull | calm by deception |
| rent | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart |
| respite | a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort |
| munificent | Extraordinarily generous. |
| unstinting | very generous |
| covetous | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
| mercenary | profit oriented |
| rapacious | excessively greedy and grasping |
| venal | corruptible, bribable, unprincipled |
| asperity | Harshness or roughness of temper. |
| fell | the act of felling something (as a tree) |
| sardonic | scornful |
| vitriolic | corrosive, sarcastic |
| vituperation | abusive language. |
| inimical | not friendly |
| insidious | sly treacherous harmful |
| minatory | menacing, threatening |
| din | a loud harsh or strident noise |
| raucous | unpleasantly loud and harsh |
| strident | loud and harsh, insistent |
| anathema | a detested person |
| odium | hate coupled with disgust |
| rancor | bitterness, hatred |
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