GRE Word List

ABERRATION

the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state

The meaning of the word aberration is the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state.

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recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
prodigya highly talented child or youth
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
cannyclever
retractto draw back or in
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nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction