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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| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
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| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
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| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |