n. a length of cloth in which a corpse is wrapped before being buried.

v. destroy or weaken gradually; eat away

adj. passionate, strongly expressed

adj. cruel; ill-intentioned

n. a tool for cutting crops, with a long curved blade attached to a long pole.

v. yield to superior force or strength

adj. lacking respect or seriousness

adj. having excessive enthusiasm or devotion for something.

n. a person or thing that triggers an event.

This occurs when there is an incongruity between one idea nd another, often creating a kind of humor.