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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| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| headlong | headfirst |
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