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 |
|---|---|
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| viand | an item of food |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |