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 |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| demented | mad |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |