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 |
|---|---|
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| demure | reserved |