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 |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |