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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lapa loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
intoxicateto excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
obligatorybinding in law or conscience
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
husbandrythe cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture