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 |
|---|---|
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |