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 |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| diva | prima donna |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |