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 |
|---|---|
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| convene | to come together in a body |