GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| prattle | prate |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |