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 |
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| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| deify | to make a god of |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| document | proof |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |