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 |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |