GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

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

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WordMeaning
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
raga waste piece of cloth
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
fallibleliable to be erroneous
dawdleto spend time idly
sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
squanderto spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate
cuethe letter q