GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| osseous | bony |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |