GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.

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WordMeaning
accostto approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
finitehaving definite or definable limits
intriguethe practice of engaging in secret schemes
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
extantcurrently or actually existing
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
demographicthe statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets
concatenatelinked together
pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money