GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| aria | air |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| prattle | prate |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| colloquy | conversation |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |