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 |
|---|---|
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |