GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |