GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| dull | tedious |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |