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 |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| whittle | a large knife |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |