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 |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |