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.

Random words

WordMeaning
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
irrevocablenot possible to revoke : unalterable
prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
cadavera dead body
laitythe people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
plutocracygovernment by the wealthy
dilatorytending or intended to cause delay