Word #7
Word: atavistic
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
How it was used: She did not comprehend why he thought it an abomination that he had had a woman in secret, since that was an atavistic custom of a certain kind of man, himself included, yes even he in a moment of ingratitude, and besides, it seemed to her a heartbreaking proof of love that she had helped him carry out his decision to die.
Definition: at·a·vis·tic (adj). 1. relating to or diplaying the recurrence of a genetic feature that has been absent for several generations. 2. relating to or displaying the kind of behavior that seems to be a product of impulses long since suppressed by society's rules.
My Sentence: Polygamy is an atavistic practice.
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