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 |
|---|---|
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| shove | to push along |