GRE Word List

EGOTISM

excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun

The meaning of the word egotism is excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun.

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WordMeaning
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
legenda story coming down from the past
randoma haphazard course
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
strutto become turgid : swell