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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| mystic | mystical |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |