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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impedeto interfere with or slow the progress of
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waggishresembling or characteristic of a wag
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redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
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