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
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
raimentclothing
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
pillagethe act of looting or plundering especially in war
talismanan object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
rhapsodizeto speak or write in a rhapsodic manner
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
mollifyto soothe in temper or disposition : appease