GRE Word List
REPARTEE
a quick and witty reply
The meaning of the word repartee is a quick and witty reply.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |