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 |
|---|---|
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |