GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| convention | agreement |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |