10 Words for … FUNNY

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  1. amusing – providing enjoyment or provoking laughter 
    She told an amusing joke.
     
  2. comic – arousing or provoking laughter, related to comedy 
    The actor had great comic timing.
     
  3. droll – comic in an unexpected and dry way 
    He enjoyed droll satire.
     
  4. farcical – extravagantly and absurdly funny, like a farce 
    She had to laugh at the farcical turn of events.
     
  5. hilarious – extremely funny 
    Did you watch the hilarious video? 
     
  6. humorous – funny, causing laughter 
    The film was humorous. 
     
  7. riotous – extremely funny, causing wild and out-of-control laughter 
    It was a riotous performance. 
     
  8. silly – funny in a foolish or frivolous way
    The joke was silly but I couldn’t stop laughing.
     
  9. uproarious – marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
    We spent and uproarious evening at the comedy show.
     
  10. witty – characterised by quick and inventive verbal humour 
    They exchanged a witty back-and-forth. 
     

Practise these 10 words here!

 

 


18 Mar 2021
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One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.

Terrie Penrose-Toms, Casterton College

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