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 |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| dys- | abnormal |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |