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