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 |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| paramour | lover |
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| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |