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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WordMeaning
probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
onslaughtan especially fierce attack
inebriateone who is drunk
colossalof, relating to, or resembling a colossus
satiatefilled to satiety
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
hazarda source of danger