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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanal | orgy |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |