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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |