Banter
Equivalents
Examples
“I was elected to the Executive Committee of the Vegetarian Society, and made it a point⟳ to attend⟳ every one of its meetings, but I always felt tongue-tied. Dr. Oldfield once said to me, 'You talk⟳ to me quite all right, but why is it that you never open⟳ your lips at a committee meeting? You are a drone.' I appreciated the banter. The bees are ever busy, the drone is a thorough idler.”
“This bullying continuum illustrates the progressive escalation from harmless banter to bullying and criminal behaviours.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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