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 |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| engender | beget |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |