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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|---|---|
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| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
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| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
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| knotty | marked by or full of knots |