GRE Word List

GAFFE

a social or diplomatic blunder

The meaning of the word gaffe is a social or diplomatic blunder.

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WordMeaning
vendorone that vends : seller
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
ulteriorgoing beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
repertoirea list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform
doggerelloosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect
thriftygiven to or marked by economy and good management
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
pinnacea light sailing ship