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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fallibleliable to be erroneous
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
floridvery flowery in style : ornate
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
coupletwo persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely
cohesionthe act or state of sticking together tightly
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink