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 |
|---|---|
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |