GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |