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 |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |