GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.

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WordMeaning
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
compilationthe act or process of compiling
grievancea cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
slinkto go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane