GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |