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 |
|---|---|
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |