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.
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inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
romp | one that romps |
fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |