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 |
|---|---|
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| mote | a small particle : speck |