GRE Word List
GAFFE
social blunder
The meaning of the word gaffe is social blunder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infernal | pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno: place of fiery heat or destruction |
| run-down | (of a place) dilapidated; in a bad condition; (of a person) weak or exhausted |
| misanthrope | one who hates mankind; misanthropist |
| prevalent | widespread; generally accepted |
| susceptible | impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility |
| woe | great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ. insular: of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula |
| spoof | parody |
| advocate | speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for |
| immobility | state of being immovable |
