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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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discloseto make known or public
chasethe hunting of wild animals
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predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party
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flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
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pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage