GRE Word List
RATIONAL
having reason or understanding
The meaning of the word rational is having reason or understanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| mischance | bad luck |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| prattle | prate |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| swill | wash |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |