GRE Word List
BUFFOON
a ludicrous figure : clown
The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |