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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| scintilla | spark |