GRE Word List
BUFFOON
a ludicrous figure : clown
The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.
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| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
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| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
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| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
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| doze | to sleep lightly |