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The children’s attempt at a Mother’s Day brunch was
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03 Oct 2017, 03:04
03 Oct 2017, 03:04
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The children’s attempt at a Mother’s Day brunch was _________; soggy French toast, lukewarm coffee, and a syrup fight in the kitchen that would inevitably end up being cleaned up by the very recipient of the brunch.
A. convivial
B. amiable
C. risible
D. satirical
E. farcical
F. labile
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Risible, farcical
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Re: The children’s attempt at a Mother’s Day brunch was
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08 Oct 2017, 12:53
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The children’s attempt at a Mothers Day brunch went pretty badly — so badly that it actually made more work for Mom. What a joke! Correct choices risible and farcical both mean “laughable.”
The word farcical is more negative, but these two words are the only choices that fit. Note that the brunch was not satirical because it was not making fun of a pre-existing work of art, situation, etc.
Hence options risible, farcical are correct!
The children’s attempt at a Mothers Day brunch went pretty badly — so badly that it actually made more work for Mom. What a joke! Correct choices risible and farcical both mean “laughable.”
The word farcical is more negative, but these two words are the only choices that fit. Note that the brunch was not satirical because it was not making fun of a pre-existing work of art, situation, etc.
Hence options risible, farcical are correct!
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25 Jun 2025, 14:40
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