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 |
|---|---|
| retract | to draw back or in |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| quench | put out |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| congruent | congruous |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |