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 |
|---|---|
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| noisome | noxious |