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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benefitsomething that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
reprisea musical repetition:
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
draftthe act of drawing or pulling in a net
outlandishof or relating to another country : foreign
poisebalance