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.

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WordMeaning
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
integralessential to completeness : constituent
grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval