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 |
|---|---|
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| pugilist | fighter |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |