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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| connoisseur | expert |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |