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 |
|---|---|
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| motley | variegated in color |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |