Grok is probably one of my favorite words. Grok is a relatively new word that was coined by the American writer Robert A. Heinlein in his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land.
grok /grŏk/
transitive verb
- To understand profoundly through intuition or empathy.
verb
- To have or to have acquired an intuitive understanding of; to know (something) without having to think (such as knowing the number of objects in a collection without needing to count them).
- To fully and completely understand something in all its details and intricacies.
grokn’t /grŏkĭnt/
transitive verb
- To not understand.
verb
- To have not acquired any intuitive understanding of; to not know (something) even with having to think about it.
- To fully and completely not understand something