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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| retract | to draw back or in |
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| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
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| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| din | a loud continued noise |
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