GRE Word List
PREDILECTION
an established preference for something
The meaning of the word predilection is an established preference for something.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| concordat | compact |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| bulk | magnitude |
| inert | lacking the power to move |