GRE Word List
PREDILECTION
an established preference for something
The meaning of the word predilection is an established preference for something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |