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 |
|---|---|
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |