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 |
|---|---|
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |