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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| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |