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 |
|---|---|
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| retribution | recompense |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |