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 |
|---|---|
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |