GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |