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 |
|---|---|
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| pundit | pandit |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| forebears | ancestor |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |