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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |