GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |