GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| unsavory | insipid |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |