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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |