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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WordMeaning
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
randoma haphazard course
primto give a prim or demure expression to
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
inebriateone who is drunk
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity