GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |