GRE Word List
PREDILECTION
an established preference for something
The meaning of the word predilection is an established preference for something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| bacchanal | orgy |