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 |
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| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |