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 |
|---|---|
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| overweening | arrogant |
| obscure | dark |