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 |
|---|---|
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |