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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
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| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |