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 |
|---|---|
| pilfer | steal |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| privy | private |