GRE Word List
BUFFOON
a ludicrous figure : clown
The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.
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| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
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| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
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