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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| sow | an adult female swine |