GRE Word List
FAVORITISM
the showing of special favor : partiality
The meaning of the word favoritism is the showing of special favor : partiality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| hirsute | hairy |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |