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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| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| sheer | unqualified |
| trappings | outward signs |
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| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
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| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| passe | past one's prime |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |