GRE Word List

PROVIDENT

frugal

The meaning of the word provident is frugal.

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WordMeaning
adjacentnot distant : nearby
supplicantone who supplicates
hoarda supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
compriseto be made up of
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
sustainto give support or relief to
shirkto go stealthily : sneak