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 |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |