GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| broach | brooch |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |