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 |
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| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| flail | a 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 |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |