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 |
|---|---|
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |