GRE Word List
PROVIDENT
frugal
The meaning of the word provident is frugal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |