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 |
|---|---|
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| freebooter | pirate |
| nourishment | food |
| aver | to declare positively |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |