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 |
|---|---|
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| puerile | juvenile |
| bulk | magnitude |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| quisling | traitor |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |