GRE Word List
RATIONALE
an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
The meaning of the word rationale is an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |