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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |