GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |