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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expiate | to make amends for |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| disport | sport |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |