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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |