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
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
dourstern
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
wontaccustomed
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
slapdashhaphazard
centrifugalproceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
pinionthe terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges