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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interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
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inductiveof, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction
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