GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| shambles | a meat market |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |