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 |
|---|---|
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |