GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |