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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| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |