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 |
|---|---|
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| impinge | encroach |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |