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 |
|---|---|
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| spate | freshet |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |