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 |
|---|---|
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |