GRE Word List
INTELLECT
the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
The meaning of the word intellect is the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |