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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WordMeaning
equablemarked by lack of variation or change : uniform
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
touchstonea fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis
modulateto tune to a key or pitch
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
ovoidresembling an egg in shape : ovate
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance