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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exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
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soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
outlooka place offering a view
emollientmaking soft or supple
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot