GRE Word List
RECIDIVISM
a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
The meaning of the word recidivism is a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior.
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| refrain | curb |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
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| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |