GRE Word List
RATIONALIZE
to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
The meaning of the word rationalize is to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |