GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| savant | a person of learning |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |