GRE Word List

RATIONAL

having reason or understanding

The meaning of the word rational is having reason or understanding.

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porridgea soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
confidantone to whom secrets are entrusted
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
yena strong desire or propensity
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
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factiona party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique
tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken