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 |
|---|---|
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| junket | trip |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |