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 |
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illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
welter | writhe |
metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
appease | pacify |
hardy | bold |
resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
fluted | having or marked by grooves |
animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |