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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |