GRE Word List
EGOISM
a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
The meaning of the word egoism is a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action.
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| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| intermediary | mediator |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |