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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| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| mortician | undertaker |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
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| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |