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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WordMeaning
cordialshowing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric
sturdyfirmly built or constituted : stout
retinuea group of retainers or attendants
infringeto encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion