GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |