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 |
|---|---|
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| aptitude | inclination |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |