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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censurea judgment involving condemnation
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
susceptiblecapable of submitting to an action, process, or operation
reproveto scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
consensusgeneral agreement : unanimity
breadthdistance from side to side : width
grievancea cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
usurythe lending of money with an interest charge for its use
pummelpound