GRE Word List
PROVIDENT
frugal
The meaning of the word provident is frugal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |