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.
Random words
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delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
cataclysm | flood |
marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
comestible | edible |
ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |