GRE Word List
BUFFET
a blow especially with the hand
The meaning of the word buffet is a blow especially with the hand.
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| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
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