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 |
|---|---|
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| conflagration | fire |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |