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 |
|---|---|
| provenance | origin |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |