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 |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| repercussion | reflection |
| hortatory | hortative |
| emollient | making soft or supple |