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

WordMeaning
subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
incinerateto cause to burn to ashes
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
underlyinglying beneath or below
bemusedmarked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
causalexpressing or indicating cause : causative
gauchelacking social experience or grace
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
depleteto empty of a principal substance