GRE Word List
FAVORITISM
the showing of special favor : partiality
The meaning of the word favoritism is the showing of special favor : partiality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |