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 |
|---|---|
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| verbalize | to express something in words |