GRE Word List
PROVIDENT
frugal
The meaning of the word provident is frugal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| occident | west |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |