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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freneticmarked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied
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stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
willowyabounding with willows
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manifestationthe act, process, or an instance of manifesting