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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| pliant | pliable |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |