GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| paramour | lover |