GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |