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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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WordMeaning
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
vapidlacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
mimicryan instance of mimicking
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
catharticof, relating to, or producing catharsis
laudpraise
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable