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
primpto dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
horticulturalthe science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
rhapsodizeto speak or write in a rhapsodic manner
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
providentfrugal
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body