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 |
|---|---|
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| cryptic | secret |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| frigid | intensely cold |