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 |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| inequity | injustice |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| devious | wandering |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |