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 |
|---|---|
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |