GRE Word List
IMPROVIDENT
not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
The meaning of the word improvident is not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| gazette | newspaper |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |