GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congenial | pleasant |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| finery | ornament |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| exegesis | exposition |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| wreak | bring about |