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 |
|---|---|
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| sublimate | sublime |
| ploy | escapade |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |