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 |
|---|---|
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| flounder | flatfish |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |