GRE Word List
GAUCHE
lacking social experience or grace
The meaning of the word gauche is lacking social experience or grace.
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| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| unfrock | defrock |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
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| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
