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
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
covenanta usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
odoroushaving an odor: such as
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
machiavellianof or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
synopticaffording a general view of a whole
underlyinglying beneath or below
obstreperousmarked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous