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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WordMeaning
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
tricksterone who tricks: such as
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
adagea saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation