GRE Word List
IMPRUDENT
not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment
The meaning of the word imprudent is not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment.
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theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
mausoleum | a large tomb |
phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
deplete | to empty of a principal substance |