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 |
|---|---|
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |