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 |
|---|---|
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| abnegation | denial |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
