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 |
|---|---|
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |