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 |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |