GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |