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 |
|---|---|
| broach | brooch |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |