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 |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |