GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

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

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WordMeaning
gruesomeinspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
errantbehaving wrongly
tantruma fit of bad temper
precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
epitheta characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing
irateroused to ire
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
countenancelook
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
ramificationbranch