GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |