GRE Word List
RATIONAL
having reason or understanding
The meaning of the word rational is having reason or understanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| approbation | commendation |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |