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 |
|---|---|
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| 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 |
| collate | to compare critically |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |