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.
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| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| giddy | dizzy |
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| pugilist | fighter |
| fester | to generate pus |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
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| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |