GRE Word List
PRACTICAL
of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal
The meaning of the word practical is of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| docile | easily taught |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |