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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hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
ossify | to change into bone |
spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |