GRE Word List

BUFFOON

a ludicrous figure : clown

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

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expenditurethe act or process of expending
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transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
avariceexcessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness
incredulitythe quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief
obstreperousmarked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous
aversiona feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
posthumousborn after the death of the father
strutto become turgid : swell