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 |
|---|---|
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| pundit | pandit |