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 |
|---|---|
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |