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 |
|---|---|
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| diva | prima donna |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |