GRE Word List
BANTERING
to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
The meaning of the word bantering is to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| gazette | newspaper |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |