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 |
|---|---|
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |