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 |
|---|---|
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |