GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| ram | a male sheep |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |