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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| prank | trick |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |