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 |
|---|---|
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| sidetrack | siding |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |