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 |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |