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 |
|---|---|
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| championship | designation as champion |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |