GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |