GRE Word List

BADINAGE

playful repartee : banter

The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.

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WordMeaning
glareto shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light
gravitydignity or sobriety of bearing
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
emetican agent that induces vomiting
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
eonan immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful