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 |
|---|---|
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| submerge | to put under water |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| unsavory | insipid |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |