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

WordMeaning
mediocreof moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious
skulkto move in a stealthy or furtive manner
beneficentdoing or producing good
rotunditymarked by roundness : rounded
graduatedmarked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs