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Pragmatic
solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that
really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules:
In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than
anidealistic one.

A pragmatic person is sensible, grounded, and practical, realistic, something that could
happen. Rational

sarcasmnoun [U]

UK /s.kz.m/ US /sr.kz.m/

the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say,
made in order to hurt someone's feelings or to criticize something in
ahumorous way:
"You have been working hard," he said with heavy sarcasm, as he looked at theempty page.

Compare

irony
swamp

swmp/

noun

plural noun: swamps

1. 1.

an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

synonyms
marsh, bog, quagmire, mire, morass, fen, quag, sump; More
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verb

3rd person present: swamps

1. 1.

overwhelm or flood with water.

"a huge wave swamped the canoes"

synonyms flood, inundate, deluge, wash out, soak, drench, saturate, immerse
:
"the rain was driving down with great force, swamping the dry ground"

scanty
skan(t)/
adjective

1. 1.

small or insufficient in quantity or amount.

"scanty wages"

synonyms meager, scant, minimal, limited, modest, restricted, sparse;

: tiny, small, paltry,negligible, insufficient, inadequate, deficient, too small/little/few, poor, sketchy, thin;

scarce, in short supply, few and far between;

informalmeasly, piddling, mingy,pathetic;

formalexiguous

"their scanty wages"

curtail

ktel/
verb

past tense: curtailed; past participle: curtailed

reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

"civil liberties were further curtailed"

s reduce, c
yut, cut
ndown, cu
ot
nback, dec
yrease, les
msen, dimi
s nish, slim
: down, tig
hten
up,retren
ch, pare
down, tri
m, dock, l
 op, shrin
k; More

archaic
deprive someone of (something).

"I that am curtailed of this fair proportion"

lapse

laps/
noun

1.
a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement.

"a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match"

synonyms
failure, failing, slip, error, mistake, blunder, fault, omission, oversight, negligence,dereliction; More
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2.
an interval or passage of time.

"there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events"

synonyms
interval, gap, pause, intermission, interlude, lull, hiatus, break; More
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verb

1.
(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed;
expire.
"he let his membership of CND lapse"

s expire, b
y ecome
nvoid, bec
oome
ninvalid, r
y un
mout, term
s inate, be
: come
obsolete
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2.
pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition).

"the country has lapsed into chaos"

synonyms deteriorate, decline, fall, fall

: off, drop, worsen, degenerate, decay, rot, backslide,regress, retrogress, get
worse, sink, wane, slump, fail; More