GRE Word List
RATIONAL
having reason or understanding
The meaning of the word rational is having reason or understanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| edifice | building |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |