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 |
|---|---|
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |