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 |
|---|---|
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |