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 |
|---|---|
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |