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 |
|---|---|
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
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