GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| disport | sport |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| realm | kingdom |