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 |
|---|---|
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| foppish | foolish |
| sheer | unqualified |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| random | a haphazard course |