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 |
|---|---|
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| wreak | bring about |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |