GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

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

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WordMeaning
invidiousof an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious
nexusconnection
confideto have confidence : trust
collectedgathered together
demoniacpossessed or influenced by a demon
microcosma little world
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
commensuratecorresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them