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 |
|---|---|
| clipper | one that clips something |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| spoof | deceive |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |