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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| privy | private |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |