GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |