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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perturbto cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
exculpateto clear from alleged fault or guilt
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
prosperousauspicious
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
dingydirty