GRE Word List
FAVORITISM
display of partiality toward a favored person
The meaning of the word favoritism is display of partiality toward a favored person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacious | holding fast (as to a belief); persistent |
| distinction | honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction |
| incarnation | act of assuming a human body and human nature; one who personifies something; personification; Ex. previous incarnation/reincarnation |
| arrogance | pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people) |
| downcast | disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward |
| soothsayer | one who foretells the future |
| magnanimity | generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous |
| condiments | seasonings; spices |
| frenzied | madly excited; N. frenzy: violent wild excitement |
| inestimable | impossible to estimate; (apprec) invaluable; of immeasurable worth |
