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 |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| repercussion | reflection |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |