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 |
|---|---|
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |