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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| reek | smoke |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| contrive | devise |
| impuissance | weakness |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |