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 |
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| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |