GRE Word List
BUFFOON
a ludicrous figure : clown
The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.
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|---|---|
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
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| viable | capable of living |