GRE Word List
PROFOUND
having intellectual depth and insight
The meaning of the word profound is having intellectual depth and insight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |