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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |