GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| slake | subside |