GRE Word List
RATIONAL
having reason or understanding
The meaning of the word rational is having reason or understanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |