GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.

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WordMeaning
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
prudentcharacterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
trickleto issue or fall in drops
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
loquaciousfull of excessive talk : wordy
busta sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of