GRE Word List
PECCADILLO
a slight offense
The meaning of the word peccadillo is a slight offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |