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.
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| enhance | heighten |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
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| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
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| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| courier | messenger |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |