GRE Word List
BUFFOONERY
foolish or playful behavior or practice
The meaning of the word buffoonery is foolish or playful behavior or practice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| hallowed | holy |
| descry | to catch sight of |