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 |
|---|---|
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| duration | continuance in time |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |