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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prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
indissoluble | not dissoluble |
nexus | connection |