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 |
|---|---|
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| reverberate | reflect |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| cue | the letter q |
| opulence | wealth |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |