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 |
|---|---|
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |