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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WordMeaning
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
isthmusa narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
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interrogateto question formally and systematically
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trappingsoutward signs
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