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 |
|---|---|
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |