GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
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| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| docile | easily taught |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |