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 |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
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| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
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| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |