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 |
|---|---|
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |