GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| pilfer | steal |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |