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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| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| pending | during |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |