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 |
|---|---|
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
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| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| cryptic | secret |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |