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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WordMeaning
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
convoketo call together to a meeting
enraptureto fill with delight
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
mischiefa specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent