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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| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
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| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
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| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
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