GRE Word List
PRAGMATIC
practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with practical worth or impact of something; Ex. pragmatic test of the skill
The meaning of the word pragmatic is practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with practical worth or impact of something; Ex. pragmatic test of the skill.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depravity | extreme corruption; wickedness; V. deprave |
| vituperative | abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism |
| coagulate | congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant |
| supposition | assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose |
| platitude | trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous |
| superfluous | excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity |
| eerie | weird; causing fear because strange |
| heterogeneous | dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous; consisting of dissimilar elements or plants |
| ciliated | having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash |
