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 |
|---|---|
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |