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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archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
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matriculateto enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
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flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
talismanan object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
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chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play