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 |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| categorical | absolute |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |