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 |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |