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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mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
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loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
nocturnalof, relating to, or occurring in the night
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
paupera person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity
procrastinateto put off intentionally and habitually
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees