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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| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
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| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |