GRE Word List

INTELLIGENTSIA

intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite

The meaning of the word intelligentsia is intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite.

Random words

WordMeaning
noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
pittancea small portion, amount, or allowance
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars