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 |
|---|---|
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| mulct | fine |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |