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 |
|---|---|
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |