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 |
|---|---|
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| sidetrack | siding |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |