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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |