GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
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detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
brevity | shortness of duration |
seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
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