GRE Word List
RATIONAL
(of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical
The meaning of the word rational is (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perceptive | insightful; showing a good ability at perceiving and understanding; aware; wise; of perception |
| jaundiced | yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye |
| dispatch | speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill |
| jug | pitcher; container for holding liquids |
| unsullied | untarnished; CF. sully |
| wreak | inflict; Ex. wreak one's vengeance on |
| motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
| arboreal | of or living in trees |
| blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
| carrion | rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture |
