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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| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
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| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
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| reverie | daydream |