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
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
exigencythat which is required in a particular situation
capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
hideto put out of sight : secrete