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.

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WordMeaning
conveyancethe action of conveying
plummetto fall perpendicularly
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
overseesurvey