Intellect

What it intellect and who has it?
Is it sold in some store or is it manufactured in some factory?
Sadly, it is neither of the above. Rather, it is a sum total of one’s hard work and talent. How so? Well, in a way, intellect is the ability of a person to use his mind/faculties, intelligence as some would say.
Though there are multiple debates on the subject, my opinion is that intellect is both in-born as well acquired. Which side of the debate do you find yourself?

Pronunciation: in-tl-ekt

The dictionary definitions for intellect are as follows:
1. (Psychology) The capacity for understanding, thinking, and reasoning, as distinct from feeling or wishing
2. A mind or intelligence, esp a brilliant one his intellect is wasted on that job
3. Informal a person possessing a brilliant mind; brain
4. Those possessing the greatest mental power the intellect of a nation

Master tip to learn aghast:
Want to learn the word? A simple mental picture should do the job: imagine brain-matter being sold in a shop, well that is intellect being sold for you.

Intellect can be used in following ways:
1. “That statement, “he announced,” is a formal tribute paid by what I call my intellect to what the vulgar call the probabilities.”- The Certain Hour
2. “Each one can define it for himself; there it is, and I do not see why it is not as integral a part of the authors — an element in the estimate of their future position — as what we term their intellect, their knowledge, their skill, or their art.”-Washington Irving
3. “Each one can define it for himself; there it is, and I do not see why it is not as integral a part of the authors — an element in the estimate of their future position — as what we term their intellect, their knowledge, their skill, or their art.”-Washington Irving