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 |
|---|---|
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| executioner | one who executes |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| calorific | caloric |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| forego | to go before : precede |