GRE Word List
GAUCHE
clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth
The meaning of the word gauche is clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| culprit | one guilty of a crime |
| rustic | pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person |
| anachronism | an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic |
| prepossessing | attractive; CF. preoccupying ? |
| onus | burden; responsibility |
| career | rush wildly; go at full speed |
| irreproachable | beyond reproach; blameless; impeccable; Ex. irreproachable conduct |
| garrulous | loquacious; wordy; talkative; N. garrulity |
| livid | lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry |
| dirge | funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person) |
