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 |
|---|---|
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |