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 |
|---|---|
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| sleek | slick |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |