GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| append | attach |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |