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 |
|---|---|
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |