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.

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WordMeaning
turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature
lecheryinordinate (see inordinate
mawkishlacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad