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 |
|---|---|
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |