GRE Word List

NEPOTISM

favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship

The meaning of the word nepotism is favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship.

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whinnyto neigh especially in a low or gentle way
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analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
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disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion
obsequya funeral or burial rite
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
quicksilvermercury
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum