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.
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| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| scourge | whip |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
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