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 |
|---|---|
| wont | accustomed |
| privy | private |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| overweening | arrogant |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| drivel | nonsense |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |