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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| replicate | duplicate |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |