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.
Random words
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mulct | defraud a person of something; swindle; Ex. mulct the boy of his legacy |
mandatory | obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate |
partial | incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something |
brunt | main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument |
provisional | tentative; temporary |
pastry | paste of flour and water (eaten when baked) |
unfeigned | genuine; real |
clarion | shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times |
limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo |
pastoral | rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor |