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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| ploy | escapade |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |