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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| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| prong | fork |
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