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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| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
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| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
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