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 |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |