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
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plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
abbreviate | to make briefer |
lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |