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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| hardy | bold |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| prong | fork |