GRE Word List
RENEGE
to go back on a promise or commitment
The meaning of the word renege is to go back on a promise or commitment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |