GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| irate | roused to ire |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| countenance | look |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| ramification | branch |