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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |