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 |
|---|---|
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| historic | historical |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |