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 |
|---|---|
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| forlorn | bereft |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |