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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |