GRE Word List
BACKSLIDE
to lapse morally or in the practice of religion
The meaning of the word backslide is to lapse morally or in the practice of religion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| shove | to push along |