GRE Word List
BANDY
to discuss lightly or banteringly
The meaning of the word bandy is to discuss lightly or banteringly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |