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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mischiefa specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent
palpitateto beat rapidly and strongly : throb
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
writheto twist into coils or folds
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong