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 |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |