GRE Word List
RANCID
having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
The meaning of the word rancid is having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| dart | a light spear |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |