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

WordMeaning
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
begrudgeto give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure
checkto inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
diversediffering from one another : unlike
aphorisma concise statement of a principle
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
pana usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking)
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)