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 |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |