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 |
|---|---|
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |