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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|---|---|
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| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
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| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| antiquity | ancient times |