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 |
|---|---|
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |