GRE Word List

GAFFE

a social or diplomatic blunder

The meaning of the word gaffe is a social or diplomatic blunder.

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WordMeaning
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incoherentlacking coherence: such as
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
anthropologistthe science of human beings
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
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lexicona book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary