GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |