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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| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
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| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| asunder | into parts |
| imply | to express indirectly |
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| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |