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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| commune | talk over |
| miscreant | unbelieving |