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 |
|---|---|
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| kismet | fate |