persiflage

nounCommon GRE wordMore P words

light, frivolous, or gently mocking talk about a subject

In a sentence

Persiflage in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing persiflage in a sentence.

The interview dissolved into amiable persiflage once the cameras stopped rolling.

Synonyms

Antonyms

None listed.

Keep going

to calm or soothe someone who is angry or agitated

a song or expression of joyful praise or triumph

done with careful and thorough effort

agreeable to the taste or acceptable to the mind

resembling a palace in size or grandeur

rebirth, regeneration, or renewal into a new existence

to ease the severity of something without curing it

pale or lacking vitality and color

Common questions

Persiflage (noun) means light, frivolous, or gently mocking talk about a subject

Here is persiflage used in an example sentence: "The interview dissolved into amiable persiflage once the cameras stopped rolling."

Common synonyms for persiflage include banter, badinage, raillery.

Persiflage is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.