Vocab Unit 4

Peccadillo

a small sin or fault

Impeccable

having no flaws

Peccant

violating a moral law; sinful

Pejorative

negative and critical; insulting

Impair

to cause to diminish in strength, value, or quality

Malign

to speak of maliciously; to insult

Malinger

to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something

Malaise

a sense of unease; depression

Negligent

not properly attentive

Negligible

unimportant; insignificant

Negate

to cancel the effect of; to nullify