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 |
|---|---|
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |