GRE Word List

INTUITION

the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference

The meaning of the word intuition is the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference.

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pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
beleaguerbesiege
torrenta violent or forceful flow of fluid
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
chuckleto laugh inwardly or quietly
deprecateto express disapproval of
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
redressto set right : remedy