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

WordMeaning
direexciting horror
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
parleyto speak with another : confer
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
escapadea usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct
pungentsharply painful
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle