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 |
|---|---|
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |