GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

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

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WordMeaning
circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
gushto issue copiously or violently
fluencythe quality or state of being fluent
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect