GRE Word List
BUFFOON
a ludicrous figure : clown
The meaning of the word buffoon is a ludicrous figure : clown.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |