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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|---|---|
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
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| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |