12) caricature. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. b. The art of creating such representations. 2. A grotesque...

13) antic. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...a performing clown. Ludicrously odd; fantastic. From Italian antico, ancient (used of grotesque designs on some ancient Roman artifacts), from Latin antquus, former,...

14) mask. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball. b. A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten...

15) marmoset. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...and long tails. Middle English marmusette, a kind of small monkey, from Old French marmouset, grotesque figurine, alteration (influenced by marmouser, to murmur),...

16) describe. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...3. To represent pictorially; depict: Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail. 4. To trace the form or outline of: describe a circle with a...

17) fantastic. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...See fantasy.fan·tasti·cali·ty (-ti-kali-t) -NOUNfan·tasti·cal·ly -ADVERBfantastic, bizarre, grotesque, fanciful, exotic These adjectives apply to what is very strange...

18) mug 2. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...mugged for the camera. Probably from mug1 (possibly in allusion to mugs decorated with grotesque faces)....

19) Gothic. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...the 15th century. 5. often gothic Of or relating to a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate. 6. gothic Barbarous; crude. 1. The...

20) distort. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...erosion that deformed the landscape. Contort implies violent change that produces unnatural or grotesque effects: contorted her face with rage. Warp can refer to...