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 |
|---|---|
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| rescind | to take away : remove |