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 |
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| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |