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 |
|---|---|
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| pending | during |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |