GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
slight offense or fault; CF. sin
The meaning of the word peccadillo is slight offense or fault; CF. sin.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | supposed; Ex. reputed father of the child; V. repute: consider; N. repute: reputation; esteem |
| analgesia | condition of being unable to feel pain |
| ordinance | decree; authoritative order |
| contingent | dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency |
| breach | breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. |
| providence | quality of being provident; divine care; god's care; Providence: god; Ex. It seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; ADJ. providential: of divine providence; fortunate |
| espouse | adopt; support (an idea or aim); marry; N. espousal |
| impregnable | invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take |
| reactionary | strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical |
| pillory | punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; N. |
