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 |
|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| clip | encompass |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |