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 |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| ignite | to set afire |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| delve | excavate |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| amity | friendship |
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