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 |
|---|---|
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
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| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |