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 |
|---|---|
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |