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.

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requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action
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assurancethe state of being assured: such as
voguepopular acceptation or favor : popularity
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting