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 |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |