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 |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| parasite | an 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 |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |