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 |
|---|---|
| prosody | the study of versification |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| dire | exciting horror |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |