GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |