GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| rotunda | a round building |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |