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 |
|---|---|
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |