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 |
|---|---|
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |