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 |
|---|---|
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |