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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| cipher | zero |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |