GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |