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 |
|---|---|
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |