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 |
|---|---|
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |