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 |
|---|---|
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |