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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| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| engender | beget |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |