GRE Word List
BADINAGE
playful repartee : banter
The meaning of the word badinage is playful repartee : banter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |