GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paradigm | example |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |