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 |
|---|---|
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |