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 |
|---|---|
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |