GRE Word List
BUFFOONERY
foolish or playful behavior or practice
The meaning of the word buffoonery is foolish or playful behavior or practice.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| wanton | merciless |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
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