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 |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |