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 |
|---|---|
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| obscure | dark |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |