GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
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| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |