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 |
|---|---|
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| fell | skin |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |