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 |
|---|---|
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| stilted | pompous |
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| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |