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

WordMeaning
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
sextantan instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude)
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
commonplacecommonly found or seen : ordinary
descryto catch sight of
apoplexystroke