GRE Word List

REPARTEE

a quick and witty reply

The meaning of the word repartee is a quick and witty reply.

Random words

WordMeaning
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
urchinhedgehog
astringentcausing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic
championa winner of first prize or first place in competition
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
comprehendto grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments