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 |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |