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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maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
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hirsutehairy
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
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granarya storehouse for threshed grain
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
rebateto reduce the force or activity of : diminish