vocab lessons 3 and 4

to entertain

deliberate use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning

Humorously critical; using sarcasm

a comic imitation that exaggerates

an exaggerated comic play

a light an humorous manner

a written piece that pokes fun or ridicules

characterized b a joking manner

a clown or jester

brief existence

Accustom to hardship

an eternity

unspoiled

still in existence

gap in space, time, or continuity

one thousand years

irreversible

longest divison of geologic time

occuring simutaneously