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 |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |