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 |
|---|---|
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| random | a haphazard course |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |