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 |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| quench | put out |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |