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 |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
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