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 |
|---|---|
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |