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 |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |