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 |
|---|---|
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |