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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refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
sextantan instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude)
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
slothdisinclination to action or labor : indolence
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
tokena piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
recriminationa retaliatory accusation