GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |