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 |
|---|---|
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |