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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|---|---|
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| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
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| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| finery | ornament |