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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| ploy | escapade |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |