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 |
|---|---|
| whimsy | whim |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| allude | to make indirect reference |