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 |
|---|---|
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |