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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| leave-taking | departure |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |