GRE Word List

PECCADILLO

a slight offense

The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.

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forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
moltto shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
lucidsuffused with light : luminous
feignto give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression