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 |
|---|---|
| lampoon | satire |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| sophist | philosopher |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |