GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |