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 |
|---|---|
| pugilist | fighter |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |