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 |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| fiend | devil |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |