GRE Word List
EGO
the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
The meaning of the word ego is the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |