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 |
|---|---|
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| potentate | ruler |