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 |
|---|---|
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |