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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|---|---|
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| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
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| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
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