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 |
|---|---|
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| doze | to sleep lightly |