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 |
|---|---|
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| 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 |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |