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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |