GRE Word List
PRAGMATIST
a practical approach to problems and affairs
The meaning of the word pragmatist is a practical approach to problems and affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |