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 |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |