GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |