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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WordMeaning
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
ashenof, relating to, or made from ash wood
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
repercussionreflection
hortatoryhortative
emollientmaking soft or supple