GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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|---|---|
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
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| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |