GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
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| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
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| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |