GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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|---|---|
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
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| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
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| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |