GRE Word List
BUFFOON
a ludicrous figure : clown
The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.
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| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
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| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| application | an act of applying: |
| quarry | game |