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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| deify | to make a god of |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |