GRE Word List
PROFOUND
having intellectual depth and insight
The meaning of the word profound is having intellectual depth and insight.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| forlorn | bereft |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |