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 |
|---|---|
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| haven | harbor |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| circlet | a little circle |
| stench | stink |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |