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 |
|---|---|
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| evenhanded | fair |
| pugilist | fighter |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| executioner | one who executes |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |