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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |