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 |
|---|---|
| distant | separated in space : away |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |