VE 2-test 11/7/23
farce
ridiculous, light comedy; slapstick comedy; absurd thing; mockery
preposturous
ridiculous, obviously absurd, contrary to reason
spurn syn
scorn, repel, despise, decline, dismiss, repudiate
spurn
scornfully refuse or reject
spartan syn
self-denying, plain, spare, restrained, strict, stern, austere
spartan
severe, rigorous, disciplined
pittance
small amount or portion, especially of money
bombast
speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning
spurn ant
crave
gadfly syn
critic, pest, faultfinder, goad
pedigree syn
descent, family tree, lineage, genealogy
preposterous syn
foolish, nonsensical, silly, unreasonable, irrational, ludicrous
macabre syn
grim, hideous, horrid, dreadful, weird, ghastly
macabre
gruesome, horrible, causing fear, suggesting the horror of death
homage syn
honor, admiration, esteem, reverence, tribute
homage ant
irreverence, contempt, disdain, scorn
spartan ant
lavish, self-indulgent, hedonistic, sybaritic
farce syn
mockery, absurdity, ridiculousness, nonsense, burlesque
gadfly
person who continually annoys others
preposterous ant
plausible, credible, tenable, feasible
pittance ant
abundance, largess, bounty
homage
action showing respect and honor
pedigree
ancestry or record of ancestry, line of descent
pittance syn
trifle, insufficiency, ration, minimal wage, modicum
bombast syn
wordiness, grandiloquence