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 |
|---|---|
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |