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 |
|---|---|
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |