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 |
|---|---|
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| exhume | disinter |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |