GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

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

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exudeto ooze out
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perseverance
servileof or befitting a menial position
vapidlacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat
vernalof, relating to, or occurring in the spring
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma