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 |
|---|---|
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |