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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| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |