GRE Word List
INTELLECT
higher mental powers; person of great intellectual ability
The meaning of the word intellect is higher mental powers; person of great intellectual ability.
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| validate | make valid; confirm; ratify |
| console | lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation |
| vulture | carrion-eating birds |
| fitful | spasmodic; intermittent; irregular |
| fetid | malodorous; foul |
| incisive | (appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into |
| repercussion | rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion |
| leniency | mildness; permissiveness; ADJ. lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners; N. xenophobe |