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 |
|---|---|
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |