GRE Word List
FAVORITISM
the showing of special favor : partiality
The meaning of the word favoritism is the showing of special favor : partiality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |