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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WordMeaning
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
despoilto strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage
duressforcible restraint or restriction
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
complementaryserving to fill out or complete
congenitalexisting at or dating from birth
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
drasticacting rapidly or violently
forwardnear, being at, or belonging to the forepart