GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| verge | brink |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |