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 |
|---|---|
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |