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 |
|---|---|
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| scintilla | spark |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |