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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |