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 |
|---|---|
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| colloquy | conversation |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |