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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |