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

WordMeaning
variegateto diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
mangleto injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
amplifyto expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis
negateto deny the existence or truth of
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
fecundityfruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific