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 |
|---|---|
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| lugubrious | mournful |