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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WordMeaning
conciliatoryintended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
hivea container for housing honeybees
fluxa flowing of fluid from the body: such as
hailprecipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
inclinedhaving inclination, disposition, or tendency