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 |
|---|---|
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |