GRE Word List

BUFFOON

a ludicrous figure : clown

The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.

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malodoroushaving a bad odor
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sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep