GRE Word List
REPARTEE
a quick and witty reply
The meaning of the word repartee is a quick and witty reply.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |