GRE Word List

PECCADILLO

a slight offense

The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.

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exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
rescindto take away : remove
squabblea noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
overthrowoverturn
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile