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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |