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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unkempt | not combed |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |