GRE Word List
GAFFE
a social or diplomatic blunder
The meaning of the word gaffe is a social or diplomatic blunder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |