GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| eventual | contingent |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| deify | to make a god of |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |