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 |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| exploit | deed |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |