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 |
|---|---|
| skimp | skimpy |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |