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 |
|---|---|
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |