GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |