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 |
|---|---|
| conscientious | meticulous |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| portly | dignified |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |