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
remnanta usually small part, member, or trace remaining
licensepermission to act
assailto attack violently : assault
confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
timorousof a timid disposition : fearful
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
trampto walk, tread, or step especially heavily
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries