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

WordMeaning
hazardousinvolving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
inasmuch_assince; owing to the fact that
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
rationa food allowance for one day
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
nubileof marriageable condition or age
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture