GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| render | to melt down |