GRE Word List
RATIONAL
having reason or understanding
The meaning of the word rational is having reason or understanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |