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 |
|---|---|
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| drivel | nonsense |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |