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 |
|---|---|
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |