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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |