GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |