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 |
|---|---|
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |