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 |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| lode | waterway |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |