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 |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| shambles | a meat market |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |