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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| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
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| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
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| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
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