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 |
|---|---|
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| leave-taking | departure |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| nourish | nurture |