Which word describes someone who favors their own group?

• A. Capricious
• B. Chauvinist
• C. Convoluted
• D. Chicanery

Answer: (B)

The idea tested is having an excessive loyalty or bias toward one’s own group. A chauvinist is someone who believes their group—whether a nation, gender, team, or party—is superior and tends to favor it, often at the expense of others. That sense of biased favoritism is exactly what the item is asking for. The other words don’t describe this kind of partiality: capricious means unpredictable, convoluted means intricate or tangled, and chicanery refers to trickery or deceit. For example, calling someone a chauvinist captures the notion of biased allegiance to their own group.