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 |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| facade | the front of a building |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |