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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subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
forlornbereft
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea
mirthgladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
waifa stray person or animal
vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses