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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abjectsunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
discretionindividual choice or judgment
quailany of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
platitudethe quality or state of being dull or insipid
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
crescendoa gradual increase