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 |
|---|---|
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| actuary | clerk |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |