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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
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