GRE Word List
ATAVISM
recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
The meaning of the word atavism is recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |