GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |