GRE Word List

BUFFOON

a ludicrous figure : clown

The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.

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sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
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granarya storehouse for threshed grain
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
corpusclea minute particle
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
decolletewearing a strapless or low-necked dress
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
soddendull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages