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 |
|---|---|
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |