GRE Word List
BACKSLIDE
revert (to bad habits); N. reverter
The meaning of the word backslide is revert (to bad habits); N. reverter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| curmudgeon | churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person |
| incompatible | inharmonious; N. incompatibility |
| suppliant | entreating; beseeching; N. |
| conflagration | great fire |
| quagmire | bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| remediable | reparable |
| exalt | raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation |
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| peruse | read through with care; N. perusal |
| scintilla | trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark |