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 |
|---|---|
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |