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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| gnarl | snarl |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| trance | stupor |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |