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 |
|---|---|
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| warrant | sanction |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |