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 |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| wanton | merciless |