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 |
|---|---|
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| dally | to act playfully |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |