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 |
|---|---|
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |