GRE Vocabulary Builder

Answer: Choice (B) is correct.

An anomaly is something that deviates from the norm. So, find the answer choice in which the second term is the action taken by the first term. Choice (A) is incorrect because an astringent does not expand something, but shrinks it. In choice (C), a denouement is the outcome or solution, the unraveling of a plot, so it does not question. In choice (D), euphoria is a state of pleased excitement, so it is not disheartening. Choice (B) is correct; a recidivist is one who relapses.