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 |
|---|---|
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| duration | continuance in time |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |