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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refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
luminarya person of prominence or brilliant achievement
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
vertexthe top of the head
resurgeto undergo a resurgence
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
bouta spell or period of activity: such as
execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
weatherthe state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness