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 |
|---|---|
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |