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 |
|---|---|
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| render | to melt down |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |