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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solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console
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enlistto secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest
contendto strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
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temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion