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 |
|---|---|
| distant | separated in space : away |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| motley | variegated in color |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
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| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |