GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| render | to melt down |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |