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 |
|---|---|
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| mulct | fine |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |