GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

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

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WordMeaning
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
renderto melt down
comebacka sharp or witty reply : retort
precipitantprecipitate
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
avengeto take vengeance for or on behalf of