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 |
|---|---|
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |