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 |
|---|---|
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| rotunda | a round building |