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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| scion | descendant |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| tawny | of the color tawny |