GRE Word List
RANCID
having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank
The meaning of the word rancid is having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impersonal | not being a person; not showing personal feelings; Ex. impersonal force/manner/organization |
| smirk | conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V. |
| premise | assumption; postulate; proposition upon which an argument is based |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| shack | crude cabin |
| growl | low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a dog) |
| compost | mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; V: put or make compost |
| jaundiced | yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye |
| gross | total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens |
| annotate | comment; make explanatory notes |
