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 |
|---|---|
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| fuddle | booze |