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 |
|---|---|
| boor | peasant |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| sophist | philosopher |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |