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 |
|---|---|
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |