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 |
|---|---|
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| encumber | weigh down |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |