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 |
|---|---|
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |