Definition: a model of excellence or perfection.
Sample sentence given by people with no understanding of comedy: She's the paragon of what a judge should be: honest, intelligent and just.
Cella's Sentence: Cella is the paragon of what everything should be: ultra super awesome.
2. Opine: verb (oh pien)
Definition: to express an opinion
Sample sentence given by people with no understanding of comedy: At the "let's Chat Talk Show", the audience member opined that the guest was in the wrong.
Cella's Sentence: In the Pacific Northwest, it's not uncommon to hear even the pine trees opine about the weather.
3. Seraphic: adj (seh rah fihk)
Definition: angelic, sweet.
Sample sentence given by people with no understanding of comedy: Selena's seraphic appearance belied her nasty, bitter personality.
Cella's Sentence: Kittens may appear seraphic, and fuzzy. But, for the most part, it's a lie, to lure you into a false sense of security.
4. Specious: adj (spee shuhs)
Definition: having the ring of truth but actually being untrue
Sample sentence given by people with no understanding of comedy: After I followed up with some research on the matter, I realized that the charismatic politician's argument had been specious.
Cella's Sentence: My previous claim that Dino Rossi eats kittens may have been specious. Or, at least, not proven as of yet.
5. Rancor: noun (raan kukr)
Definition: bitter hatred
Sample sentence given by people with no understanding of comedy: Having been teased mercilessly for years, Jeff became filled with rancor toward those who had humiliated him.
Cella's Sentence: Even rancor does not come close to describing the absolute contempt I have for brussel sprouts
Cella Note: After spending all this last week studying at least two hours a day, I spent this entire Saturday watching Nip/Tuck in my pjs.
I have, officially, forgotten everything that I learned.
It has been replaced by soap opera drama, and the haunting image of what I'm convinced is Michael Jackson's long lost child.
Let's just hope there's a section in the GRE on sexually addicted and repressed plastic surgeons.
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