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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| residual | remainder |
| repercussion | reflection |
| clown | farmer |
| append | attach |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| acclaim | applaud |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |