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 |
|---|---|
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| grudging | unwilling |