GRE Word List
BUFFOON
a ludicrous figure : clown
The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| steep | lofty |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| catholic | roman catholic |