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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| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
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| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |