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 |
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preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
allude | to make indirect reference |
sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |