GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |