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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
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| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |