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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| freebooter | pirate |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |