GRE Word List
PROVIDENT
frugal
The meaning of the word provident is frugal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| sibylline | any 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) |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| mange | any 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 |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |