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 |
|---|---|
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |