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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|---|---|
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
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| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
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| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
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| enhance | heighten |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |