GRE Word List
PRAGMATIC
relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
The meaning of the word pragmatic is relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| flighty | swift |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
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| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |