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 |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| aver | to declare positively |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |