GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

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

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WordMeaning
pungentsharply painful
automatona mechanism that is relatively self-operating
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rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
traverseto go or travel across or over
prevaricateto deviate from the truth : equivocate
sullengloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
matriculateto enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university