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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| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
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| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
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