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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| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
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| quench | put out |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
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| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
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