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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |