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 |
|---|---|
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |