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
impunityexemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
miscellaneousconsisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
minatoryhaving a menacing quality
disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
tricksterone who tricks: such as
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
wispya small handful (as of hay or straw)