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 |
|---|---|
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| disport | sport |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |