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 |
|---|---|
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| grudging | unwilling |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |