Slapstick
Comedy derived from intentionally clumsy or embarrassing actions
Mechanization
The process of switching from work done largely by hand over to work done largely by machines
Alluring
powerfully seductive or attractive
Repressive
limiting or restraining the freedoms of a person (or a group)
Gamin
A street urchin; in looser terms, someone with mischievous charm and often youthful or childlike features or characteristics.
Succumb
To give in to something
Poignant
Especially touching, moving or powerful; evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret
Subservient
subordinate; forced to or prepared to obey others
Commodities
useful or valuable things that can be sold on the market
Overhead
A cost or expense in the operation of a business
Closed Circuit TV
A camera/surveillance system that records images of a certain space and sends them directly to a specific location on a private channel
Synchronized
To cause two things to occur at the same time or rate
Cog
A piece of machinery; a wheel or bar with a series of projections that engages with another wheel or bar with projections to transfer motion
Intertitles
A piece of printed text edited into the picture to deliver some idea or piece of information
Collectivism
The practice of prioritizing a group over each individual member of the group
Monolithic
large, powerful, uniform, and intractible
Indomitable
unable to subdue or overcome
Inhospitable
harsh or difficult to live in (of an environment)
Languish
To suffer as a result of being forced to stay in one place for an extended period of time; to grow weak or feeble
Bourgeois
Refers to the middle class, particularly with regard to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
