GRE Word List
PROVIDENT
frugal
The meaning of the word provident is frugal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| hortatory | hortative |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |