GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |