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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WordMeaning
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
inebriateone who is drunk
drivelnonsense
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
induceto move by persuasion or influence
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
cunningdexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification