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 |
|---|---|
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| pharisee | a 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 |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |