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 |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |