Dear Mr. Peele

Should you be allowed to keep your job, please add the following words and their definitions to your vocabulary. I suspect you may have missed that day of school.

sat·ire Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sat-ahyuhr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
3. a literary genre comprising such compositions.
[Origin: 1500–10; < L satira, var. of satura medley, perh. fem. d


par·o·dy Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[par-uh-dee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural -dies, verb, -died, -dy·ing.
–noun
1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
2. the genre of literary composition represented by such imitations.
3. a burlesque imitation of a musical composition.
4. any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc.
5. the use in the 16th century of borrowed material in a musical setting of the Mass (parody Mass).
6. a poor or feeble imitation or semblance; travesty: His acting is a parody of his past greatness.
–verb (used with object)
7. to imitate (a composition, author, etc.) for purposes of ridicule or satire.
8. to imitate poorly or feebly; travesty.


sar·casm Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sahr-kaz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.


in·ves·ti·gate Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-ves-ti-geyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
2. to search out and examine the particulars of in an attempt to learn the facts about something hidden, unique, or complex, esp. in an attempt to find a motive, cause, or culprit: The police are investigating the murder.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make inquiry, examination, or investigation.


re·port·er Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ri-pawr-ter, -pohr-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a person who reports.
2. a person employed to gather and report news, as for a newspaper, wire service, or television station.
3. a person who prepares official reports, as of legal or legislative proceedings.