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ROOT-WORDS are INTELLECT & INTELLIG meaning POWER TO KNOW & THINK. This key is really a combination of INTER, between, and legere, to gather, collect. Do not confuse this LEGO with the lex, leg which means law. This LEGO comes from legere, lectus, to collect.


1. Intellect : INTELLECT (int’ el ekt) n.

The human faculty to know and understand


2. Intellectual : INTELLECT ual (int el ek’ chu al) adj.

Relating to the power to know and understand; as, intellectual faculties


3. Intellectual : INTELLECT ual (in el ek’ chu al) n.

One who is guided by the power to know; as, he is an intellectual


4. Intellectualize : INTELLECT ualize (int el ek’ chu a lize) v.

To make into rational thoughts


5. Intelligent : INTELLIG ent (in tel; i jent) adj.

Having the power to think and know; as, an intelligent man


6. Intelligently : INTELLIG ently (in tel’ i jent ly) adv.

In the manner of an intelligent person


7. Intelligence : INTELLIG ence (in tel’ i jens) n.

The capacity to understand


8. Intelligible : INTELLIG ible (in tel’ i ji b’l) adj.

Can be understood


9. Intelligibility : INTELLIG ibility (in tel i ji bil’ it ee) n.

Quality of being understandable; clearness


10. Intelligenced : INTELLIG enced (in tel’ i jensd) adj.

Informed


11. Intelligencer : INTELLIG encer (in tel’ i jen ser) n.

An informer; a secret agent


12. Intelligential : INTELLIG entail (in tel i jen’ shal) adj.

Relating to the power to know and think


13. Intellectualist : INTELLIG ualist (in te lek’ tu al ist) n.

One who is devoted to intellectual activity


14. Intelligentsia : INTELLIG entsia (in tel i jen’ see a) n.

The artistic, intellectual class of people


15. Unintelligent : un INTELLIG ent (un in tel’ i jent) adj.

Not using the power to think and understand


16. Unintelligently : un INTELLIG ently (un in tel’ i jent ly)

In an unthinking manner


17. Unintelligible : un INTELLIG ible (un in tel’ i ji b’l) adj.

Not clear; not understood


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