GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| lampoon | satire |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| unkempt | not combed |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |