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 |
|---|---|
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
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| momentum | a property (see property |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |