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Things humor often describes ("humor ________")
How humor often is described ("________ humor")
- light
- subtle
- rare
- wry
- natured
- playful
- satirical
- unconscious
- ironic
- bad
- aqueous
- gentle
- much
- genial
- sardonic
- rough
- characteristic
- ethnic
- vitreous
- droll
- cheerful
- whimsical
- unfailing
- genuine
- ill
- perfect
- spontaneous
- excellent
- black
- grim
- easy
- quiet
- pleasant
- melancholy
- peculiar
- crude
- sly
- american
- better
- usual
- bawdy
- earthy
- ribald
- deprecating
- bitter
- delicate
- dry
- grotesque
- macabre
- sarcastic
- irish
- quaint
- sick
- robust
- native
- gallows
- delightful
- slapstick
- good
- rich
- caustic
- coarse
- lively
- dark
- irreverent
- verbal
- gay
- cynical
- hostile
- kindly
- broad
