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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| raiment | clothing |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| championship | designation as champion |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |