GRE Word List
BUFFOONERY
foolish or playful behavior or practice
The meaning of the word buffoonery is foolish or playful behavior or practice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| welter | writhe |
| contest | strive |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| calorific | caloric |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |