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 |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| fabricate | invent |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |