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 |
|---|---|
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| mendicant | beggar |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| collate | to compare critically |