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
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
beneficentdoing or producing good
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
leasha line for leading or restraining an animal
intermediarymediator