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 |
|---|---|
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |