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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WordMeaning
incarcerateto put in prison
gistessence; main point; substance
herbivorousfeeding on plants
profligatewildly extravagant
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail
indomitableincapable of being subdued : unconquerable
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily