GRE Word List
RATIONAL
having reason or understanding
The meaning of the word rational is having reason or understanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| etymology | the 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 |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |