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 |
|---|---|
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |