GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| license | permission to act |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |