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 |
|---|---|
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| gruel | a thin porridge |